Absorption of gravitational waves from distant sources

Flauger, Raphael; Weinberg, Steven

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.123030

Title: Absorption of gravitational waves from distant sources

Abstract

The rate of gravitational wave absorption by inverse bremsstrahlung is calculated. It increases with decreasing frequency ν as ν^–3. Nevertheless, because of the near cancellation of absorption by stimulated emission, the ionized gas in galaxy clusters does not block gravitational waves at the nanohertz frequencies that may be detected by the use of pulsar timing observations.

Authors:: Flauger, Raphael; Weinberg, Steven

Publication Date:: Fri Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019

Research Org.:: Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)

OSTI Identifier:: 1530005

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1611239

Grant/Contract Number:: de-sc0009919; SC0009919; PHY-1620610

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review D

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 99 Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics; Gravitation; Gravitational wave detection; Gravitational waves

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  title        = {Absorption of gravitational waves from distant sources},

  author       = {Flauger, Raphael and Weinberg, Steven},

  abstractNote = {The rate of gravitational wave absorption by inverse bremsstrahlung is calculated. It increases with decreasing frequency ν as ν–3. Nevertheless, because of the near cancellation of absorption by stimulated emission, the ionized gas in galaxy clusters does not block gravitational waves at the nanohertz frequencies that may be detected by the use of pulsar timing observations.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevD.99.123030},

  journal      = {Physical Review D},

  number       = 12,

  volume       = 99,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019},

  month        = {Fri Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019}

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